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covered with awards presented to her
and her husband for their philan-
thropy. Although they never had chil-
dren of their own, generations of
Jewish day-school students were recip-
ients of the couple's love and generos-
ity. The elementary school at Yeshiva
Beth Yehudah's Beth Jacob girls'
school in Oak Park was named in her
honor.
"She considered the kids at the
Yeshiva her children," said Rabbi E.B.
"Bunny" Freedman, former executive
director of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah.
"She had pictures of the children all
over her home."
Michael Greenbaum, immediate
past president of Yeshivat Akiva in
Southfield, which Mrs. Karbal also
supported, said, "She loved children
Hannah Karbal
and I honestly believe that she greatly
enjoyed giving the money. It wasn't
something that she felt was a respon-
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sibility. She really enjoyed watching
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the children get the benefit of her
donations."
he'll be remembered as a
Mrs. Karbal, the former Hannah
woman who enabled the
Zalesin, was a native of Liverpool,
words of Moses to be heard
England. In Detroit, she was hired as
and God's Torah to be stud-
a
bookkeeper at National Wholesale
ied.
Drug
Co. and eventually became head
This tribute, originally meant to
of the accounting department. She
memorialize Moses' beloved sister
spent many years caring for her par-
Miriam, was applied by Rabbi Irwin
ents and didn't marry Morris Karbal, a
Groner to eulogize Hannah Karbal, a
co-founder of the company, until her
dedicated supporter of religious day
schools in Detroit and Jewish charities mid-40s, after her mother died. She
remained a prominent force in the
worldwide.
company after her husband's death
Mrs. Karbal, a Southfield resident,
until the business was sold in 1986.
died of natural causes July 13 at age
"Hannah was a person of deep
87. A member of Congregation
convictions about right and wrong;
Shaarey Zedek, she long supported
about integrity and obligation," said
the needs of children.
Rabbi Groner. "If you wanted to
"She was the 'first lady' of Jewish
know in those gray areas what was
education — and how!" said Rabbi
right and what wasn't, what was cor-
Norman Kahn, executive vice presi-
rect and what wasn't, all you had to
dent of Yeshiva Beth Yehudah in
do is ask Hannah."
Southfield. "She kept us alive [in
Within her extended family, said
1988] when it was very tough. If it
the
rabbi, the word "aunt" did not
weren't for her, we wouldn't have a
adequately describe the depth of her
school."
relationships. "She was completely
After Mrs. Karbal's husband
devoted to the welfare of her nephews
Morris, an officer of the Yeshiva, died
in 1973, she continued and eventually and nieces and their families. One
saw her as a mother figure, as a matri-
expanded her donations, becoming a
arch.
major supporter in her own right. "In
"She was deeply influenced by
my opinion she was one of the great
Morrie,"
Rabbi Groner added.
ladies of our generation," said Rabbi
"Together,
they demonstrated their
Kahn.
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